A/N: This ended up being a long one, so I decided to split it into two. Keep those reviews coming!

Chapter Five

Part A

Lucas Scott closed his locker before he turned to his cousin Nathan, at the locker next to him. "Hey, man, I've been assigned to show this new student around school. Do you wanna come with me to meet him?"

"Mmmm…" Nathan contemplated it as he put the last book in his bag and then closed his locker as well.

"It means you get to miss some of your first lesson," Lucas told him.

"Well, why didn't you say so before?" Nathan followed Lucas to the principal's office as the bell signaling first period rang. "So who's the kid you gotta show around school?"

"Some guy. Davis something," Lucas said. "Oh, Dad wants to know if your Mum's going to be visiting us since you're here."

"She didn't say so. I mean, she's got to take care of the café and everything. I guess if the case goes on for a while, then she might drop by for a visit. Hey, isn't this the principal's office…" Nathan gestured to the door in front of him.

"Yeah," Lucas said, before stopping to a halt when he saw the person standing in front of the door. Unexpectedly, it was a girl.

She turned around, having heard their voices amidst the quiet halls now that everyone was in their classes.

Nathan turned to Lucas, who was now staring at her. Clearing his throat, Nathan began, "Hi; are you the new student?"

"Yeah," the brunette smiled and flashed her cute dimples as she brushed her fringe out of the way. "I'm Brooke Davis."

"Nathan Scott. This is my cousin Lucas." Nathan looked to Lucas, hoping he would take over now, but he was still staring. He cleared his throat again, before smiling apologetically at Brooke and then poking Lucas hard in the ribs.

"H-hi!" Lucas finally choked out.

Brooke grinned at him. "Hi. So which one you two are supposed to show me to my locker?"

"That'd be me," Lucas piped up, appearing to have finally found his voice again.

"Well, then let's go, stud." Brooke winked at him, which seemed to cause Lucas to choke up once again. Nathan sort of nudged Lucas in Brooke's direction and he recovered himself, before taking her to find her locker.

Now alone in the hallway, Nathan looked around. The halls seemed different now that they weren't swarming with students. They were much quieter, making it easier to hear Brooke wasting no time in flirting with Lucas and his nervous replies. Turning away from them, Nathan took a few steps down the hall in the opposite direction, debating whether to hang around or go to class and leave Lucas with Brooke. As he decided on the latter, Nathan heard a noise a few feet away from him. Looking up, Nathan saw that just in front of him was another door – it was a janitor's closet. The glass portion of the door was only partially see-through, but Nathan could make out two figures in there.

It was a deal! The thought struck him immediately and got stuck in his head so he couldn't imagine it being anything else. Slowly, he turned the handle on the door…

"…and then when my Dad got promoted they let him chose his place of work and since some of his family lives in North Carolina he chose the office here," Brooke finished just as she closed her locker.

"So, do you like it in Tree Hill?" Lucas asked, making their way back to Nathan.

"Well, I haven't even spent a week here yet and I'm still missing my old home, but it's okay. It's definitely looking better now," she said with a wink, causing Lucas to blush for what felt like the tenth time in less than five minutes. "So you and Nathan are cousins?"

"Yeah. He's older – by a year. Nathan used to live in Charleston, but his mum sent him here to live with me and my parents to repeat his senior year."

Brooke nodded, slightly wondering why Lucas gave her so much information about Nathan, but then shook it off. He seemed nervous and it was obviously because of her and she reveled in that fact. She always loved making boys squirm, especially ones as cute as Lucas.

"Hey are you okay?"

Brooke looked up at Lucas, wondering why he was asking her if she was okay. Then she noticed he had directed the question at Nathan who was now in front of them seemed a little different than when they had left him. His face was all red.

"Yeah, you look a little flustered," she told him.

"I'm fine," he said, assuredly. "I just…I, um…"

"What?" Lucas prodded.

"I sort of – accidentally," Nathan added because Brooke was there, "opened that closet door."

"So?" Brooke wondered.

"There were two people in there...making babies."

Brooke giggled, and Lucas couldn't help but grin as he looked over Nathan's shoulder at the door in question. "Oh, yeah, that closet is really more like the make-out room."

"A warning of that would have been nice," Nathan said.

"Well, I didn't know you were going to fall into it."

Brooke laughed again just as the bell rang. "The first lesson's already over?"

"No, the bell just rings every fifteen minutes here."

"Oh. Well, since you told me how to get to my lesson, I think I'll go there now. Bye Nathan."

"Bye."

"See you Lucas. Maybe even in there…" she gestured towards the closet before walking away, leaving Nathan laughing at Lucas' stunned expression.